April Summary;

  • April was slightly warmer than my 14 year average temperature with 12.5C, my average is 11.7C. The warmest April is 2006 with 13.8C, the coolest 2003 with 10.5C. Twenty days reached or exceeded 15C, my average is 21, 6 days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 7. No days reached or exceeded 25C, my average is 1.
  • Wind run was above my average of 3740 with 3928km (105%).
  • The barometer recorded average pressure for the month with 1015.0hPa.
  • It was very much wetter than average with 362% of expected rainfall (55mm) with 201.5mm, the wettest I've recorded. Number of days with recorded rain, highest daily rainfall and monthly total records were all exceeded. The previous record holder was April 2002 with a daily rainfall of 52.1mm and a monthly total of 121.3mm, the driest, 2001 with 4.5mm over 4 days.

 

April 2014 Summary
Temperature
Mean 12.5 C
Mean Maximum 16.6 C
Mean Minimum 9.8 C
Maximum High 23.7 C (20th)
Maximum Low 14.1 C (4th)
Minimum High 9.4 C (29th)
Minimum Low 2.1 C (27th)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 59 km/h (18th)
Mean 5.9 km/h
Wind Run 3928 km
Max Daily Windrun 400 km (29th)
Prevailing Direction East Nth East
Barometer
Maximum 1029.9 hPa (13th)
Minimum 990.7 hPa (28th)
Mean 1015.0 hPa
Max Daily Change -23.3 hPa (27th)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(0.5mm or more)
18
Max Daily Rainfall 54.5 mm (29th)
Monthly Rainfall 201.5 mm
Humidity
Maximum 100 % (Several Days)
Minimum 31 % (26th)
April Daily Observations
TemperatureWindRainfallBarometer
DateMinMaxMeanMean
(Km/h)
Gust
(Km/h)
Run (km)Prevailing Dir10 Minute Max (mm)Total (mm)Min (hPa)Max (hPa)Change (hPa)
1 12.7 16.8 14.6 5.3 30 120 East Nth East 0 0 1022.6 1027.1 -4.5
Overcast with low cloud, a few spots of drizzle, NE winds
2 13.4 26.3  16.2  3.4  24  76  East nth East  1020.9  1023.2  +2.3 
Cloud breaking late morning to a mild afternoon with variable high cloud. NE winds turning southerly for a time in the afternoon.
3 12.5  21.3  15.3  5.0  31  111  East Nth East  1022.8  1025.6  -2.8 
Morning low cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon. NE winds turning southerly for a couple of hours from late morning then back to NE.
4   17.5                    
Full day not recorded due to fault with the station. 17.5C reported by Metservice as the maximum temperature. Low cloud breaking around midday and clearing in the afternoon but returning in the evening.
5 12.9 16.0 14.1 3.2  19  73  South Sth West  0.5  1.0  1019.7  1022.0  -2.3 
Overcast with light southerly winds. Drizzle and showers from early afternoon.
6 12.7  17.7  14.3  1.9  16  43  East Nth East  0.5  0.5  1016.9  1021.5  -4.6 
Morning drizzle clearing and cloud breaking in the afternoon with a few sunny spells. Light southerly winds turning NE in the afternoon.
7 12.0  17.2  13.5  5.9  32  132  South Sth West  0.5 9.5  1015.5  1023.4  +8.1 
Overcast with a few showers during the day turning to rain from evening. Southerly winds.
8 10.5 12.5  11.4  6.2  31  136  South Sth West  0.5  25.0  1021.7  1027.8  -4.1 
Rain easing to drizzle by mid afternoon and clearing at night. Southerly winds dying away in the afternoon.
9 11.1 15.1  12.4  2.4  17  55  South Sth West  0.5  1.0  1018.1  1023.1  +5.0 
Overcast with light southerly winds. Drizzle from late afternoon
10 11.2  15.9  12.8  1.4  14  32  East Nth East  0.5  4.5  1019.2  1024.4  -5.2 
Morning light rain and drizzle clearing by midday but remaining mostly cloudy. Light southerly winds turning NE from late morning.
11 12.1  18.7  14.1  2.3  15  51  South Sth West  0.5  0.5  1006.4  1019.5  -13.1 
Morning drizzle and showers clearing by midday but remaining cloudy. Light southerly breezes turning easterly in the afternoon.
12 8.3  14.5  12.0  10.9  45  243  South Sth West  0.5  9.5  1005.9  1025.0  +19.1 
Overcast with morning rain clearing in the afternoon. Cooler southerly winds. Maximum temperature recorded at 00:10am 
13 7.5  12.8  8.9  1.9  19  39  South Sth West  0.5  1.5  1025.1  1029.9  +4.8 
Overcast with morning showers clearing but drizzle returning from mid afternoon. Light southerly breezes.
14 4.6  14.1  10.5  8.8  45  201  East Nth East  1019.3  1029.1  -9.8 
Mostly cloudy but a few sunny intervals in the morning. NE winds, fresh in the afternoon with a few spots of rain at times
15 13.0  18.0  14.9  10.4  34  239  East Nth East  0.5  1.0  1009.1  1019.7  -10.6 
A brighter day with less low cloud, NE winds. Evening showers.
16 9.6  15.0  12.3  10.5  38  236  South Sth West  0.5  2.0  1008.7  1022.9  +14.2 
Overcast with light rain and drizzle more persistent later in the afternoon. Southerly winds.
17 8.5  12.8  9.6  4.2  46  94  South Sth West  1.5  31.5  1014.0  1023.5  -9.5 
Overcast with rain from early afternoon. Light southerly breezes turning fresh easterly in the evening.
18 12.3  14.8  13.9  16.9  59  381  East Nth East  1.5  32.5  1004.1  1013.8  -9.7 
Overcast with rain and strong NE winds easing in the afternoon.
19 13.5  18.7  15.4  8.5  32  191  East Nth East  993.8  1004.0  -10.2 
Morning mist clearing to a mostly sunny day with some high cloud. NE winds.
20 10.9  23.7  15.4  1.7  19  37  East Nth East  992.6  998.2  +5.6 
Variable cloud. Light winds turning mild northerly in the afternoon.
21 8.2  20.1  13.3  2.9  18  64  East Nth East  998.5  1013.4  +14.9 
Some high cloud but mostly sunny for much of the day. Becoming overcast from late afternoon. Variable breezes tending NE from evening
22 9.3  11.9  10.3  2.8  18  62  East Nth East  1.0  7.0  1013.3  1021.4  +8.1 
Overcast with showers easing to patchy drizzle in the afternoon. Southerly winds turning NE later in the afternoon.
23 9.4  17.7  12.3  3.1  20  72  East Nth East  0.5  0.5  1012.5  1019.9  -6.9 
Sunny for a time in the morning but becoming overcast by midday with showers in the evening. Light NE winds.
24 10.0  17.0  12.5  4.0 21  88  South Sth West  0 0 1012.1  1016.0  -3.9 
Morning cloud breaking to a mostly sunny day. Southerly winds turning NE in the evening.
25 7.3  23.2  14.2  9.0  47  206  East Nth East  1000.8  1015.9  +15.1 
Morning cloud with a shower late morning. Cloud clearing from midday with gusty mild northerly winds turning cooler southerly from late afternoon
26 4.3  20.4  10.1  0.6  14  13  East Nth East  1016.1  1018.7  +2.6 
Clear and sunny with hardly any wind.
27 2.1  17.3  9.5  3.9  25  87  East Nth East  0.5  1.5  993.6  1016.9  -23.3 
Some high cloud with sunny intervals. Overcast by mid afternoon with evening showers, NE winds.
28 6.8  11.8  8.9  6.3  40  141  South Sth West  1.0  17.5  990.7  1003.5  +12.8 
Overcast with rain from late morning easing later in the afternoon. Further rain in the evening with strengthening southerly winds. Maximum temperature recorded at 00:10am
29 8.1  9.4  8.8  18.1  52  400  South Sth West  1.5  54.0  1003.9  1016.9  +13.0 
Rain with cold southerly winds caused flooding in parts of Christchurch. Rain and wind easing in the evening.
30 5.3  12.4  8.5  8.2  32  182  South Sth West  1010.4  1017.2  -6.8 
Partly cloudy with cool southerly winds.


April 2014  Temperature Graph
April 2014  Wind Dir Graph
April 2014  Wind Dir % Graph
April 2014  Wind Speed Graph
April 2014  Rainfall Graph
April 2014  Barograph
April 2014  Humidity Graph